Addison v. Addison
Annotate this CaseIn 2007, the circuit court entered a decree of dissolution dissolving the marriage of Lydia and Kevin Addison. The decree provided that Lydia have sole custody of the parties’ two children, with Kevin having reasonable parenting time. Kevin later filed a motion for sole custody and for Lydia’s parenting time to be supervised. After a hearing, the court ordered that custody be transferred to Kevin and that Lydia have supervised visitation. The court of appeals reversed, holding, inter alia, that the trial court (1) improperly placed a time restriction on the hearing without considering the admissibility or exclusion of the evidence, thereby denying Lydia the opportunity to present testimony, and (2) erred in not permitting the children to testify. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court (1) did not abuse its discretion in limiting the hearing to six hours; (2) did not err in refusing to permit the children to testify; (3) did not err in retaining jurisdiction; (4) properly applied the best interests of the child standard to each child; (5) properly ruled that each party was responsible for his or her own attorney’s fees; and (6) did not err in denying Lydia’s motion that Kevin participate in an evaluation with Lydia’s expert.
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